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The Garden Of Allah

1936, Movie, NR, 85 mins

The Garden Of Allah: Review

A dense old pudding of a story, oozing color (Selznick's first) and weighing a ton thanks to Max Steiner's music. Dietrich, awash in swirling, blowing chiffon, is a "disiwusioned" socialite seeking truth in the African desert, an extreme choice for soul-searching. She falls into twin liquid pools of love, courtesy of the limpid eyes of Boyer. On their wedding night, a liqueur restores his conscience: he's a Trappist monk who deserted, and must now seek repentence. The 1904 n... read more leave a comment